John Gilbert O'DELL

1894 - 1952  (57 years)

• Name	John Gilbert O'DELL
  Born	29 Jul 1894	Laurel County, KY
  Gender	Male
  Name	John Gilbert "Red" O'DELL
  Died	26 Jul 1952	Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, Fulton County, IN
  Buried	South Germany Cemetery, Pershing, Fulton County, IN
  Notes	(1) Elizabeth Ann Grubb: NOTES: "Red" O'DELL, in spite of his frequent use of swear words and almost constant teasing, was loved by his family and highly esteemed by friends and neighbors. He was a "red neck" in many ways but one of the most caring and generous people compiler has ever known. When anyone, family, friends or neighbors, had problems and needed help, "Red" was there. Compiler remembers many stories of members of the extended family being out of work or ill and having food supplied from Red's farm or from groceries he bought and took to them. Still, this man knew trouble of his own. Twin daughters died in infancy and a son also died at birth after 1926. His beloved wife, Sarah, suffered from mental illness and after several years of trying to care for her at home, Red had to raise his two boys alone when Sarah was committed to the Mental Hospital in Logansport, IN. She never returned for more than a short visit. John G. O'DELL died at Woodlawn Hospital in Rochester, IN. . . . (Wilma MOW FOLTZ, a cousin to Sarah MARSHALL O'DELL, wrote the following comments in a letter to compiler, June, 1994). "Red was real good to Sarah's family. He kept Frank and Aunt Lydia like they were his own family. . . . Sarah's brother Frank lived with them and helped with the farming. When they lived on the Brewer place Frank started acting funny - talking to himself and getting mad over nothing. He kept getting worse, he said something to his mother and she laughed and he got real mad. ["]Red talked with the county doctor and they examined him (Frank) and put him in Longcliff, a mental hospital at Logansport. ["]I don't know when he died. We never heard from Roy. We didn't know about Sarah's death till I read it in the newspaper. She was buried the same day. . . ." * * * March, 1996: Hubert H. O'DELL, Red's youngest brother, loaned compiler the Family Record Sheets from his mother's Bible. Recorded on two of the sheets were the following: (In what seems to be a man's writing in green ink - perhaps Frank, his father) "John j Odell was Borned July th1 29 1894." The fifth child entered on a list of all Frank's children on a different page and (apparently in a female's writing - Maggies' ?) "John G. O'dell were Borned July 29 1894" Beside that entry in darker ink is written "Laurel Co. Ky." The 1920 census shows "Red" enumerated in his parents' household. His age is given as "25", occupation "general labor." This enumeration was taken 02 January 1920, just five months before "Red" married Sarah MARSHALL. (2) Tombaugh, Jean C. and Wendell C., Fulton County Indiana Obituaries 1952, The News-Sentinel, Rochester, IN: Tombaugh House, 2001: Monday, July 28, 1952 John G. O'Dell A serious illness of six months duration ended in death at noon Saturday at Woodlawn hospital for John G. O'DELL, 67 [sic; should be 57], of RFD 3, Argos, where he had resided for a number of years.s [sic] Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday at Grandview church in Richland township, with the Rev. Myron M. KOTTKE, officiating. Burial will be in South Germany cemetery. The deceased, a veteran of World War I, had engaged in farming until about two years ago, when he found employment at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant until failing health forced his retirement. He was a member of the Leroy C. Shelton Post, American Legion. Born July 29, 1894, in Kentucky, he was the son of W. F. and Virginia PHELPS O'DELL. His marriage was in 1919 to Sarah MARSHALL who survives. Also surviving are two sons: Robert Arthur [O'DELL] and Gilbert Leroy [O'DELL] of here; five brothers and four sisters: Lacy [O'DELL], Nowata, Okla.; Samuel H. [O'DELL], Springfield, Ohio; Thomas L. [O'DELL], Plymouth; Isaac M. [O'DELL], Nowata; Hubert [O'DELL], Sidney, Ind.; Mrs. Russell WARREN, Nowata; Mrs. Virgil GILCHRIST, Jeffersonville, Ind.; Mrs. Lester HUTSON, South Bend; Mrs. Walter WILLIAMS, Plymouth. The body rests at the Foster funeral home, to be removed to the church for the services Tuesday.
  Person ID	I22756	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	William Franklin O'DELL,   b. 12 Aug 1859, Tazewell, Claiborne County, TN ,   d. 20 Feb 1948, Plymouth, Marshall County, IN  (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Virginia Margaret PHELPS,   b. 19 Oct 1870, Laurel County, KY ,   d. 28 May 1924, Plymouth, Marshall County, IN  (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	27 Oct 1889	Laurel County, KY
  Family ID	F3473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Louise MARSHALL,   b. 31 Aug 1900, Fulton County, IN ,   d. 1 Feb 1989, Indiana Veteran's Home, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN  (Age 88 years)
  Married	29 May 1920	Rochester, Fulton County, IN
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2019 19:38:14
  Family ID	F10015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart